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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

0.H. HUEBEL & P. W. .MANGBR'.

MATCH SAFE.

Patented Nov. 10, 1896.

(No Model.)

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MATCH SAFE.

No. 571,121 Patented Nov. 10, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO H. HUEBEL AND FREDERICK W. MANGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORSTO IVILLIAM BERNARD AND LEO FRANK, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

MATCH-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,121, dated November10, 1896.

Application filed November 16, 1893. Serial No. 491,135- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OTTO H. HUEBEL and FREDERICK W. MANGER, ofBrooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Match-Safes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates particularly to match-safes and other articleswhich are to be stood upon ornamental surfaces. It is also applicable,however, 'to other articles.

\Ve will describe a match-safe embodying our invention, and then pointout the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of amatch-safe embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation at rightangles to Fig. 1. Fig. is a bottom View. Fig. at is a vertical sectionon the line 4 at of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section onthe line 5 5, Fig. 3, illustrating a modifi- Fig. 6 is a bottom view.Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the line 7 7, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is avertical section at the plane of the line 8 8, Fig. 7, but illustratinga modification. Fig. 9 is a plan view of a piece of leather or likematerial.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates a base-plate, hereshown as made in the form of a tray, in which burnt matches or ashes maybe placed. The base-plate A has an opening a through it, within which ablock A is secured. This is formed of a single piece of metal and ispreferably hollow, as shown, and has a reduced upper portion a, to fitwithin the lower portion of a match-box and force matches upward.

The block A, near its bottom edges, is provided with a shoulder a on itsexterior. Its edge portion is inserted in the opening a, and theshoulder rests upon the edge of this opening. Lugs a, formed integralwith the block A, are adapted to be turned outward'into recesses aformed in the bottom of the baseplate, for the purpose of securing theblock thereto. The walls of the recess are beveled downward andoutward,so that the lugs therefor may be bent in the form of hooks toengage therewith. By this construction it will A and designed to engagethe sides of a matchv box. Each side piece has inwardly-turned flanges bat its edges to engage around the edges of a match-box. There is a spacebetween the reduced portion of the block and side pieces.

The side pieces B are secured to the enlarged or base portion of theblock A by means of screws 12, passing through holes in the lowerportion of the sides and engaging. in tapped holes in the enlarged baseportions of the block.

To render it practicable to use a matchsafe or other article upon anypolished surface Without causing injury to the latter, we provide asupport of material F which will not be liable to injure any supportupon which the article is placed. This consists, preferably, of leatherinserted so that the edges will be presented below the surface of themetal. In the present instance we have shown this as inserted in agroove formed in a block A. After its insertion, the inner wall orflange a of the groove will be pressed outwardly, so as to pinch theleather or other material. It may be advantageous to use a wire F in thegroove Within the leather or other material, as this will form a ridgeen ablin g the material to be held securely in the groove, as shown inFig. 5.

In Figs. 6 and 7 we have shown that a piece of leather or analogousmaterial F of the form illustrated in Fig. 9 may be fitted to the insideof the lower portion of the block A, and secured there by a block D,fitted inside of it and secured by screws cl to the block A.

In Fig. 8 we have shown a piece of leather or analogous materialcemented into the inside of the lower portion of the block A.

\Ve do not wish to be restricted to the use of leather or any otherspecific material, but design to cover, broadly, any non-scratchingmaterial.

Having described our invention, what we claim isa 1. In a match-safe, orsimilar article, the combination of a base-plate provided with anopening or recess in its lower surface, a block adapted to fit withinand be secured in said opening and carrying at its outer lower portion apiece or pieces of a non-scratching material, and means for securing theblock within the opening so that the edges of the nonscratching materialwill extend below the base-plate, substantially as specified.

2. As anew article of manufacture,a matchsafe,or similararticle,having agroove formed in its base in which is inserted non-scratching materialwith its lower edge projecting below the lower surface of the base, saidmaterial being secured in place by forcing one side of the groove towardthe opposite side to pinch the material, substantially as specified.

In a match-safe, the combination of a base-plate having an openingthrough it, a hollow block having its bottom edges resting on the uppersurface of the baseplate and having integral lugs turned into inclinedrecesses in the walls of the opening through the basc-plate,side piecessecured to the block and having inwardly-turned flanges, and anon-scratching material secured to the block and having its edgeprojected beyond the bot tom plane of the base-plate substantially asspecified.

at. In a match-safe or similar article the combination of a base-platehaving an opening or recess therein, a block fitting within the recessor opening and secured to the baseplate, a piece or pieces ofnon-scratching material projecting below the block and baseplate, andmeans for securing said nonscratching material in position substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed. our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OTTO H. HUEBEL. FREDK. W". MANGER.

Witnesses:

HUeo TOLLNER, XV. \V. McCHEsNEY, Jr.

